(b) "Child" means a person who has not attained the age of
eighteen years, or a person who is otherwise subject to the
juvenile jurisdiction of a court pursuant to this article.

(c) "Extrajudicial statement" means any utterance, written or
oral, which was made outside of court.

(d) "Juvenile" has the same meaning as the term "child".

(e) "Res gestae" means a spontaneous declaration made by a
person immediately after an event and before the person has had an
opportunity to conjure a falsehood.

(f) "Violation of a traffic law of West Virginia" means a
violation of any provision of chapter seventeen-a, seventeen-b,
seventeen-c or seventeen-d of this code except a violation of
section one or two, article four, chapter seventeen-c of this code
(hit and run) or of section one, article five of said chapter
(negligent homicide), section two of said article (driving under
the influence of alcohol, controlled substances or drugs) or
section three of said article (reckless driving).

Note: WV Code updated with legislation passed through the 2014 1st Special Session
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